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Originally Posted by Spott
I think a lot of people didn't pay much attention to history when they were in school. The last I checked, Missouri wasn't part of the confederacy. Kansas also attempted to become a slave state but was it was blocked by congress in the 1850's.
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Actually, a good chunk of Missourians were unionists.
However, many flocked to the Confederate cause after repeated raids by the jayhawkers under the guise of the union army.